Combined shade-adjuster, lock, and pull.



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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented October is, 1905.

PATENT OF IC STEPHEN B. SMITH AND EDWARD J. BADGLEY, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED SHADE-ADJUSTER, LOCK, AND PULL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,561, dated October 13, 1903.

Application filed February 18,1903. Serial No. 143,969. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, STEPHEN B. SMITH and EDWARD J. BADGLEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Belleville, St. Clair county, State of Illinois, have invented certain new andusefulImprovements in a Oombined Shade-Adjuster, Lock, and Pull, of a which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof.

Our invention relates to an improved'combined shade-adjuster and sash-lock; and it consists of the novel construction hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of our invention is to provide a device of the class just mentioned which will permit the shade to be adjusted from the top of the window and which will also efiectually act as a lock for the upper and lower sash when the same are in normal closed position.

Figure l is a perspective view of a window having our invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the swinging frame detached. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view of the upper part of the upper sash, illustrating the manner of connecting the swinging frame thereto. n

1, 2, and 3 respectively indicate the frame, upper and lower sash respectively of an ordinary window. p

4 indicates an angular swinging frame, which may be composed of any suitable material, having the parallel vertical side bars and horizontal cross-bars 5 at the lower end of said side bars. The upper end of said swinging frame is pivotally and detachably connected to the upper portion of the upper sash 2, preferably by means of hooks 6, the bodies of which project a distance rearwardly from the said swinging frame and are provided with heads 7, which enter recesses 8, formed in said upper sash 2, in order to connect said frame to said sash. Each of said heads 7 is retained within its recess 8 by means of a metal plate9, which is secured to the said sash 2 and extends over the underlying recess in such manner thatsaid head will project behind said plate when the hook is in normal position. (See Fig. 3.) Said plate 9 has a slot formed in it sufficiently large to per sash in position.

permit the passage'of the head 7 when the hook 6 is elevated at an angle, as indicated by dotted line in Fig. 3. Projecting from the face of the said swinging frame t at points opposite the location of the said hooks 6 are the ordinary shade-brackets 10, upon which the shade 11 is to be mounted in the usual manner. The shade may of course be provided with a fastening 12, to which the end of the usual cord may be attached for the purpose of operating the shade. 13 indicates a locking-dog, which is fixed upon the upper side of the horizontal cross-bar 5 of said swinging frame and is provided with an inclined' upper side 14:, which is provided with an eye or aperture 15 for the reception of the cord or string. (Not shown.) Such cord or string may of course be secured at one end to the said locking-dog and at the opposite end to the fastening 12 on the shade.

The operation is as follows: The said locking-dog normally projects, as shown, above and in contact with the meeting-rail 16 of the lower sash, and thereby efiectually locks the same and prevents the lower sash from being raised. It also prevents the swinging frame 4 from being moved downwardly, and inasmuch as the upper sash 2 cannot be moved downwardly without moving said frame in the same direction it will thus be seen that said locking-dog also looks the up- When. it is desired to adjust either sash, it will first be necessary to swing inwardly the lower portion of the said swinging frame until the locking-dog 13 is removed from the meeting-rail 16 of the lower sash, and then either'sash can be readily adjusted up or down, as required. The

most convenient way of adjusting the upper sash is by means of the swinging frame 4, and in order to do 'so it will only be necessary for the operator to grasp the horizontal bar 5 and move the 'upper sash to any desired position. The movement of the upper sash will of course carry with it the shade, audit will therefore be seen that'the said shade can be adjusted to any desired position by simply moving the upper sash. The lower sash can be adjusted in the usual manner.

We do not desire to limit ourselves to the exact details of construction herein shown, and we therefore reserve the right to make any suitable Variations in the same that would occur to ordinary skilled mechanics.

The swinging frame carrying the shade may be readily detached or applied by simply drawing the lower end of said frame inwardly, and thereby tilting upwardly the hooks 6, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, when the heads of said hooks will pass through the openings 8 in the metal plate 9.

WVhat we claim is 1. An upper and lower sash in combination with a swinging frame having means at its upper end by which it is pivotally connected to said upper sash, and provided on its lower portion with a locking-dog engaging the meeting-rail of the lower sash, substantially as specified.

2. An upper and lower sash in combination with a combined shade-adjuster and sashlock, comprising a swinging frame having means at its upper end by which it is pivotally connected to said upper sash, and provided on its lower portion with a locking-dog engaging the meeting-rail of the lower sash, and shadebrackets secured to said frame, substantially as specified.

3. An upper and lower sash in combination with a combined shade-adjuster and sashlock, comprising a swinging frame having a horizontal cross-bar, hooks at the upper end of said frame pivotally connected to the upper portion of the upper sash, shade-hangers upon the inner face of said frame, and alocking-dog mounted upon said horizontal bar and engaging the meeting-rail of the lower sash to lock both lower and upper sash, substantially as specified.

at. A swinging rectangular frame having hooks at its upper end, a locking-dog at its lower end in combination with the upper and lower sash, and metallic plates 9 fixed upon the upper sash and adapted to pivotally secure said hooks to the said upper sash, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN E. SMITH. EDWARD J. BADGLEY. tVitnesses:

E. W. WEST, Jr., FRED B. MERRILLs. 

